With the Thai government presenting our prime minister with the Tipitaka, I thought it would be nice to revisit Buddhism this ...

Buddha is Buddha, I used to think ... The clouds, the fluffy attire, the flowers curling around gods and goddesses—none of it is random. Everything has meaning. Every color and shape were chosen for a ...

Sitting by the Mekong River, the Buddha Park ignites a sense of wonderment while also encouraging contemplation ...

Often called a kundi or kundika, particularly in Buddhist literature, some of the earliest known examples of the kamandalu feature an ovoid belly that tapers into a high narrow neck and ends in a ...

What caught Kadam’s eye, however, were idols of Hindu gods and goddesses in corners of the temple compound. “There was very little of the essence of Buddhism,” Kadam said. “There were so ...

His wide-ranging work drew on field research in his native Sri Lanka as well as his extensive study of English literature and ...

Is socialism a more divine path than capitalism? Discover how ancient wisdom and modern struggles intertwine in this ...

On March 25, the renowned Sri Lankan social anthropologist Prof. Gananath Obeyesekere of Princeton University, passed away ...